Friday, April 19, 2013

Marguerite Herringbone Quilt: Finished

I feel like I have been working on the Marguerite herringbone quilt for so long, but I had to put it aside to take care of some other commitments. I posted about this quilt previously here and here.

This is a special quilt made for a special friend. Her name is also Stacey (spelled with an "e"). I met her in college and we've had lots of fun times. Back then our friends called us Stacey (her) and Sta (like "stay" - me) to differentiate ourselves. Seems so silly now. Thank goodness "Sta" never stuck for me. Well, 14 years later my long distance friend was diagnosed with cancer. I wanted to do something for her to show my support and I knew that she was the kind of gal to appreciate handmade goodness, so I decided to make her this quilt.

I would consider her to be a girly-girl so between the floral pattern of the Marguerite line and the sweet colors, I felt it was a good fit. Like I mentioned in a previous post, I used the Love Song pattern but did not include the vertical white stripes in between the columns. Here are a few shots of the front.

I paired all the prints from the Marguerite fat quarter bundle with a Kona white cotton.

For the back, I used two large print pieces from the Marguerite line which includes a gray floral and the "green" (more like gold) diagonal stripe.

For the binding, I used the pink floral from the line. I quilted it by stitching on both sides of every seam.

It turned out to be 57" x 66.5".

Here she is all ready to be shipped to my sweet friend.

I do have some leftovers from the fat quarter bundle that I am dying to use. I have to say that this is probably my most favorite quilt of any I have made so far.

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